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WINMSD.exe

Windows NT diagnostics
Reports: Memory use, Services, Devices, IRQ's Ports, Environment variables,
Network (rights, transport, stats), Hardware including Display adapter.

syntax
      WINMSD [\\computername] options

options:
       /a           All details
       /s           Summary details only
       /f           Send output to a file <computername.txt> in the current directory 
       /p           Send output to a printer

      WINMSD with no switches will open the GUI with details of the computer you are logged into. 

When a remote computername is specified then less info will be reported
e.g. Diskspace and Memory won't be listed

Hot keys within the GUI:

SHIFT - F2 copies the current tab to the clipboard,
F2 copies a summary of the current tab to the clipboard

Winmsd in Windows 2000 will actually run Msinfo32 -
mmc.exe /s "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSInfo\MSInfo32.msc"

It's advisable to have the SERVER service running, if not - winmsd will show a warning dialogue.

Spooling output to file - if you have the resource kit WINMSDP allows more control over this.

Related Commands:


MSINFO
- Windows NT diagnostics
WINMSDP - Windows NT Diagnostics II
DevCon - Device Manager Command Line Utility
FSUTIL - File and Volume utilities
SRVINFO - SMS support tools - partition info, running services and Network info.
Dmdiag - display disk properties: Size, Status, Type...(Win 2K ResKit)

Equivalent Linux BASH commands:

none



Simon Sheppard
SS64.com